Voluntary Norfolk membership leaflet 2010

These are difficult times for all of us in the voluntary and community sector. Funding is hard to find, local government and health service priorities are changing and central government is looking to shake up society - and our sector’s place within it - in a way not seen for decades.

Now, more than ever, it is vital to have access to up-to-date information and support.

Now, more than ever, it is vital to be a member of an organisation that gives a voice to the concerns of local groups and that fights for the voluntary and community sector across the county.

Voluntary Norfolk has been doing this for over 40 years. What started as a handful of volunteers back in 1969 has developed into an organisation that employs staff around the county, dedicated to the proposition that voluntary organisations, their staff and volunteers, are at the heart of Norfolk life and that the services that they provide should be protected and nurtured as much as possible.

Today our member organisations enjoy access to a wide range of advice and support services, each designed to help them to grow and to thrive.

Our member organisations get the information they need when they need it – information about funding, available grants, central government thinking, new local priorities and changes to legislation. Weekly email bulletins, copies of Voluntary Norfolk News by post, and the help that we can offer from our Development Workers and specialist support staff, mean that our members have the information, advice and support they need to make a real difference.

We also offer a range of high quality, affordably-priced back office services through Charity BackRoom, our comprehensive service for payroll, accountancy, CRB checks, insurance, meeting room hire, and a job recruitment website. Some of these services have attractive discounts for members.

Full members of Voluntary Norfolk can promote any volunteering opportunities through our network of volunteer centres and on our websites free of charge.

And of course members know that they have a way of getting their voices heard and of being a part of an organisation that will fight for the sector every inch of the way: all this for as little as £18 a year.

To join Voluntary Norfolk, simply print and return this Application Form, or call 01603 614474 and we will put one in the post. We have kept our membership at affordable rates so that everyone can benefit and you don’t need to send any money with your application – we will invoice you. As soon as your membership is confirmed, you will start to benefit.

If you would like more information, you can download more details including subscription rates, or contact membership@voluntarynorfolk.org.uk

We look forward to welcoming you should you decide to join us – and we hope that you will.

Until now, groups have been able to join as Members of Voluntary Norfolk, but not individuals. Now however, in response to requests from people who would like to support our work as individuals, we have put together a package that will enable us to welcome and include Individual Supporters.

The Individual Supporter Scheme will cost just £15.00 per year, for which you will receive:

• Free copies of Voluntary Norfolk News, bringing you news articles, informed opinion and key information for and about the voluntary and community sector in Norfolk. All this delivered to your door six times a year.
• Free copies of our weekly e-bulletin ‘Members’ News Extra’, bringing you up to the minute news and stories, delivered direct to the in-box of your choice.
• 10% off any of our training sessions or events – just a few attendances in a year and the Individual Supporter Package will have paid for itself.

To become an Individual Supporter, email membership@voluntarynorfolk.org.uk or call 01603 614474 to be sent an application form. Alternatively, you can print one from here.

When we have signed you up, you will get a Welcome Pack and an Individual Supporter Number, which you can quote to get your 10% reduction on training and events.